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Pokémon Black Version Discussion (Nintendo DS) [game]
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Welcome to the official discussion thread for Pokémon Black Version on the DS!
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NOTE: This thread is for discussion of both Black and White.Unless there is and I missed it. I've gotten tons of hours on this thing! Probably cause it continues to count play time even when you've got the DS closed in sleep mode, but still! How's your Pokedex? What was your starter? Hardest gym? Fight any battles online? Do any trades?! What version did you get?!?!?!?! Favorite city so far? You experience a critical capture yet? Pick up your Victini? Looking forward to rated battles on the 30th? Relieved that there's no calls from Joey?! I've got a few questions of my own: 1. Aside from trading/transferring, can you run across older Pokemon, or are they all Gen V? I actually like Gen V, feels like original Pokemon to me again, aside from a few. (Fucking Druddigon looks stupid!) 2. Are shinies as hard to come by as I heard for the other versions? Don't think I've ever run across one. 3. Wouldn't a Pokemon MMO end the world? The world map could be all the regions from all 5 generations, basically being the main game and 4 expansions right out the bat... You'd play as trainers, and could directly control your Pokemon in combat, going to a more RTS style for multi-battles, or even turn-based if you chose that method! PvP would be battling other players, PvE would be battling and capturing wild Pokemon, and end-game could be earning badges and fighting real players in the Pokemon League! hfiefhwifhiwlurhweirhwuileh I've been repeating this same idea for like 11 years now! Anyhow, here's where I'm at, playing almost non-stop: 7 badges, 101 Pokemon seen, 63 captured, Snivy was starter, hardest gym was the bug one, which I still beat almost exclusively using Snivy (Forget his second form's name, since I nickname my Pokeymans.) and was proud of that, since Bug Bite hurts like a bastard! My highest level Pokemon is currently Simipour, who is much more powerful than I would have initially thought, as I had only started putting her first to take advantage of my Amulet Coin for double money against trainers. I've already got a certain legendary from a certain cave that I remembered after I learned a certain ability. (Trying to keep spoilers, what little there are for Pokemon, to a minimum.) I think the story, so far, beats the crap out of previous non-spinoff games. A lot more in-depth with the characters. Still pretty basic, but I feel like they're actual characters to some extent now instead of Pokemon billboards. Loving the more cinematic feel to the game. There's an actual brief cut-scene later on in the game that's pretty sweet! Animated sprites make it feel so much more alive. Triple Battles are fun but a little chaotic, but rotational battles are genius and a lot of fun! My sister was on the DP forums or something, and was able to get a whatchacallit Roroark or whatever from a trade, she used it in battle against me and I thought it was her Panpour, pretty cool Pokemon, but I still dominated her and saved the battle video! A little disappointed you can only save one at a time, is there a way to upload them? I haven't gotten to use any of the Munna stuff with the Dream Dust yet... is that for end-game? I haven't really gotten into a Pokemon game since Red/Blue, because they all felt very similar to Red and Blue without enough change aside from unfamiliar Pokemon, which never felt quite as good as the originals to me, nostalgia and all that. I did enjoy Diamond/Pearl, and even beat them, but I don't remember being enthralled with them like I was with Black, which is the version I got. Nintendo did me good! I grabbed my Victini the other day and he took quite a few Ultra Balls to catch, as I currently only have one Pokemon with any status effects. Love the battle music for fighting Legendaries! It's almost tribal, very much gets you into the mood. Got my first (and so far only) critical capture on a Deerling, which I nicknamed Megabambi. Was a cool moment, and a great feature. Seems very very rare, though. I'd go on, but I've ranted and raved enough! URL to share (right click and copy)
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03/13/11, 02:09 Edited: 09/21/12, 04:16
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Also, don't forget that some of the post-game content includes the Royal Unova in the port city, which is a boat that allows you to fight random amounts of trainers to get some cash and fill in your Pokedex daily, the Unity Tower which I don't think is specifically post-game, wherein you trade with people from different countries and everyone you've traded with has their little character show up on a certain floor of the tower reminiscing about what you traded, when, comments on your survey selections, etc!
Also, Black City and White Forest may seem empty and a bit disappointing at first, but use the C-Gear feature if at all possible! The Entralink is fun and in my opinion pretty cool, and when using it across different versions (Still fun with the same version!) you get more people going to each, and there's quite a lot more to do at these places than meets the eye!
Also, doing missions in the Entralink unlocks temporary buffs for you to use on your group! Experience boosts, Capture Rate Boosts, money boosts, etc! You're able to use quite a few, and at will, and can replenish them!
Come the 30th, we'll be able to take advantage of the Dream World... you guys check this crap out? Looks like a lot of fun to me! You get to grow berries via a mini-game, have your own house where you can buy + place furniture and take it back to the "real" world, a share shelf where you can leave items for neighbors (People you've interacted with online!) or set them up for trade, etc. You can find rare Pokemon with Dream World abilities they wouldn't normally have, and a crapton more.
I thought the post-game stuff was a little disappointing at first, since Heart Gold/Soul Silver had 16 freakin' badges, but it's definitely more than meets the eye!
Maybe some of these features aren't brand new to the series, I'm not sure, my last Pokemon game was Diamond, and prior to that, 10 minutes of the original Gold, before that, about 600 years of Red/Blue/Yellow and even Green!
I'm really excited to try all this stuff out, and cannot WAIT for it to unlock!
P.S. ploot, here's a paraphrase of your character on the Canada floor: "H-hey, it's me! Remember me, Paul? We traded! Zeus and Cleffa (That's what was in my egg!) ...Have you ever been to Ontario? You should visit sometime, it's a lot of fun! Well, see you around, hyuck-hyuck!(sic)"
Thought the hyuck-hyuck was a great touch! |
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I just thought I'd bump this, since it's kind of the unofficial/official Black and White thread.
I got this game yesterday, and I'm playing it an unhealthy amount. I've just had so much other stuff going on, that when I have free time, I just want to be absorbed in Pokeland. While I'm eating breakfast, while I'm on break at work, while I eat dinner, etc. It's kind of sad, haha.
I'm running around Route 4 battling trainers and exploring a little at the moment. I feel so unequipped to fight a lot of the Pokemon in this area (mainly because I'm running around with a shitty Pansage). I'd like to get a good Maractus though. I don't even know if he's any good, but he was killing me earlier. He already had Mega Drain, and if I got him, he'd be the only one on my team with a decent Special Attack, which I'm lacking. My whole team is so stacked on Attack/Speed or Attack/Defense. Am I crazy? Is the game just structured this way? I haven't explored any of the bug options, so maybe they could fill that gap.
I'm getting too concerned about natures right now, and it's annoying. I'm so OCD about it. I think at this point I'm going to just catch more Pokemon, and if they have a nature that doesn't hurt them (like a Sandile that has a nature that boosts Sp.Atk or something), I'll use them, and worry about all that crap later. I need to just enjoy the game for now, and not look at a nature chart every 5 minutes.
Anywho, I'm really enjoying it, and it's scratching the itch quite well. I'm liking the deeper narrative, although part of me doesn't like how it disrupts the game now and then. My eyes are tired from all this DS'ing though, so I'm heading to bed! Agh.
Also, on a side note, within the last minute, I just dropped my borrowed DSfat and broke the hinge on the right. Fantastic. It still opens and closes fine, but if you jostle it, it kind of comes out of the hinge. Eek. |
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Well to be fair, I'm borrowing it from a friend, and he rarely plays it. His brother mostly used it to play FF4, Golden Sun, and Chrono Trigger.
Just beat the 4th gym. I did die once against one of the trainers. I went in expecting to just demolish the trainers with Sandile and Dig, and then I get all these flying electric Pokemon! Craziness. I did die but came back with Bouldore doing most of the work with Smack Down, and Sandile taking care of Blitzles and Zebstrika. Those Volt Switches were killing me! I imagine that's a special move, because they were crushing my guys (who are a little low on the Sp.Def side).
I need to regroup a little now and get a grass, electric, and water Pokemon I can rely on. Pansage isn't cutting it for me. I'm too heavy on fire, rock, and ground right now.
Is the Relic Castle worth exploring right now at this point? I got scared away from the ghost Pokemon, even though Sandile should be able to take care of them now. I don't really have anything to take down the psychic Pokemon, but I think I could maybe get a Blitzle to take down the Sigiglyphs or whatever they are since they are flying.
It is so hard not to play this game when I have other things to do, haha. |
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